Speaker: Rev. Janet Newton

Baseball, Barbecues and Belonging: Deepening our Connections in a Secular World

As Western culture has become increasingly secular, the institutions we’d previously relied on to help us connect and deepen our ties to both our inner selves and our communities at large have either struggled to maintain their relevance or have actively pushed us away by offering judgmental or narrow-minded perspectives. As a result, many of … Continue reading Baseball, Barbecues and Belonging: Deepening our Connections in a Secular World

Reclaiming What We Will Become: Community, Notre Dame and the Lessons of Fire

Cast your minds back to April 15, 2019. That was the day that images of a devastating fire consuming the iconic and ancient cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris filled our television screens and news feeds. Many felt we were witnessing the loss of something absolutely irreplaceable — that this represented the high-water mark of … Continue reading Reclaiming What We Will Become: Community, Notre Dame and the Lessons of Fire

Change, Renewal, and Hope with Rev. Janet Newton, Ewell Hopkins & Dr. Ursula Goodenough

Mizuta Masahide, the 17th century Japanese poet and samurai penned brief but lasting lines on the nature of what might be called transience, life after loss, or renewal: My barn having burned down, now I can see the moon.” This Sunday, Dr. Ursula Goodenough and Ewell Hopkins will join Rev. Janet for a service that … Continue reading Change, Renewal, and Hope with Rev. Janet Newton, Ewell Hopkins & Dr. Ursula Goodenough